# Creating and editing notes ## Creating a new note To create a new Note, focus on the spot in the scene where you want to create it, and click the Plus button. {% hint style="info" %} The new Scene Note will be associated with the scene that is the currently Active scene. You can always change the scene later. {% endhint %} ## Editing a note You can edit the data of a Scene Note by just selecting it in the scene, and editing the data in the Inspector:

Alternatively, you can edit [the ScriptableObject](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/data-and-folders#data-format) directly. ## Note properties ### Note state All notes have a state, which by default is "Not started". The state is reflected in the coloured bar at the top of the note's Inspector. You can change a note's state by just clicking the buttons under the bar.

The possible states are: * Not started: grey bar * In progress: blue bar * Done: green bar The meaning that you give to each status is up to you and your team. ### Title The title of the note. Changing this will rename [the associated ScriptableObject](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/data-and-folders#data-format) file. If note titles are set to display in [Project Settings](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/project-settings), will be shown below the note's icon in the Scene View. ### Contents The main text of a note. ### Category The category the note belongs to, used for [filtering](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/organising-notes/filtering-notes#filtering-notes-by-category) and icons. Refer to [Handling categories](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/organising-notes/handling-categories) for more information. ### Scene You can freely reassign a different scene to the **Scene** field. {% hint style="info" %} Keep in mind that reassigning a scene will move the [ScriptableObject](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/data-and-folders) for the note, and might make the note disappear from the Scene View if the specific scene is not currently loaded. {% endhint %} ### Linked GameObject If a note is not linked to any object, it's just placed with a **World position** in the scene, and you can edit it here.

If a GameObject is dragged into the **Linked to** field, the note becomes linked to that GameObject. When that object moves or rotates, the note moves with it. As such, while the note still has a world position, this will not be editable: what matters is the **Local offset**, which can be tweaked at the bottom of this section:

{% hint style="info" %} Deleting the GameObject linked doesn't delete the note, it just unlinks it. {% endhint %} ### Screenshots You can attach screenshots (or any image) to a note. To take a screenshot directly in the Scene View, click the button. An overlay will appear in the Scene View:

Screenshots captured this way will be saved in the 📁 `Screenshots` folder, right under the [data folder](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/data-and-folders). After taking a screenshot, you can potentially link it to another note by just manually adding it to the other note's list. Handling these screenshots is up to you: removing a linked screenshot from a note doesn't delete the corresponding image. {% hint style="info" %} The data folder path can be specified in [Project Settings](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/project-settings). {% endhint %} ### More This section contains info about the note's author, when the note was created and when it was last edited. This data is not editable. {% hint style="info" %} You can change the name used to sign your notes in [Project Settings](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/project-settings). {% endhint %} ### Comments This section is a lightweight comment thread that belongs to the note. To add comments, simply use the UI to add a new one. After that, you'd need to commit the note using whatever Version Control system you use, at which point your teammates can reply.

Comments cannot be edited, only deleted. {% hint style="info" %} You can change the name used to sign your comments in [Project Settings](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/project-settings). {% endhint %} ## Deleting a note To delete a note, press the trash button on the note's toolbar:

The [ScriptableObject](https://tools.continis.io/scene-notes/other/data-and-folders) representing the note will be immediately deleted.